I'm Joanna

Ten years ago I burnt out completely. Anxiety, panic attacks, grief and the kind of exhaustion of living inside a life that felt like anything but mine.

I didn't have a plan. I just knew something had to change. Leaving the life I’d built was the most terrifying and liberating thing I’ve ever done.

What followed was a slow, deeply necessary process of finding my way back to myself. I explored yoga, meditation, plant medicine and Ayurvedic bodywork. Continuing to learn, through different doorways, to listen to myself and the deeper knowing I'd spent years hiding from.

And then I discovered cognitive hypnotherapy, nervous system and somatic work, and things shifted up a notch. I integrated the parts of myself I’d pushed away and discovered a sense of peace within my heart. I trusted myself and life again.

I know how it feels to hide and perform a version of yourself that is built from other people’s expectations. I know what it’s like to feel too much and too little all at once. To carry shame quietly and know there’s more but not quite believe you're allowed to have it.

I work with women who are done hiding, using cognitive hypnotherapy, somatic healing and a trauma-informed and shame-sensitive approach that holds the mind, body and nervous system together.

I’m a member of QCHPA and NCH and bound by their code of ethics.

Accredited Cognitive Hypnotherapist, Somatic Practitioner (Focalizing), NLP Practitioner & Coach, B.A (Hons), DipCHyp, HPD and NLP (Master Prac).